File:Dreamgirls.jpg

One-sheet theatrical poster for Dreamgirls (2006). Artwork Copyright © 2006 DreamWorks, LLC and Paramount Pictures.

Rationale of fair use for Dreamgirls (film)[edit]

1. The image is of lower resolution and quality than the original (copies made from it will be of inferior quality).
2. No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information.
3. The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the film in any way.
4. The image's inclusion in the article is important because it is the subject of and/or is discussed in the text.
5. The image is being used for informational purposes only.
6. The material has previously been published in numerous sources, with higher resolution images available elsewhere.

Licensing[edit]

This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. It is believed that the use of scaled-down, low-resolution images of posters to provide critical commentary on the film, event, etc. in question or of the poster itself, not solely for illustration on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This tag should only be used for posters. Try using Template:Non-free use rationale poster to state the rationale. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template. Fair use true